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| | Adrian Bolton
Posts 18 07 Sep 2020 21:17
| Hi, I successfully updated the Core and installed P96 and SAGA. I ran the VControl command to confirm it worked. During the P96 installation it said I should select uaefgx as the graphic card when using a Vampire. I now have a uaegfx and a VampireGFX file in DEV/Monitors. However, when I open ScreenModes I don't see any new options. I tried to launch the P96 Application and it just says No ScreenModes Found. The only 2 things I found odd during the install, is that the SAGA install ended with a Message that says SAGA can now be found in RAM drive. Which is odd as that would be lost on restart. There is a Saga icon in my Work Folder. The P96 installation finished with a screen that said, you now need to just install drivers. But there was a proceed button, I pressed and it took about half a second and said Install complete. I just don't get it... I'm on Workbench 3.9 DIGITAL-VIDEO doesn't show anything, so I'm on Scart Still but guessing once I can see the ScreenModes and can select one and DIGITAL-VIDEO will come up. Thanks Ady.
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| | Simo Koivukoski (Apollo Team Member) Posts 601 08 Sep 2020 03:19
| When you boot to Early-Startup CLI, can you see batlogo from hdmi?
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| | Adrian Bolton
Posts 18 08 Sep 2020 14:50
| Hi Simo, Thank you for replying, much appreciated. I did note that on 2.0 Gold I was seeing the logo on RGB but didn't try on DIGITAL-VIDEO as I was going to update to 2.12 first. On 2.12, the Vampire worked (speed, ram etc) but there wasn't a logo anymore when connected via RGB. Today I have connected DIGITAL-VIDEO and RGB at the same time and booted. I can the small bat logo on the right of the screen. Then patch of red dots in the bottom right corner. A black screen, then the logo appeared again. Now the screen remains black and the display is holding a signal in 640x480 at 60HZ (so it's not defaulting to No Signal etc) but the screen is still black. Best, Ady
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| | Adrian Bolton
Posts 18 08 Sep 2020 15:04
| Hi Have also just tried a larger modern DIGITAL-VIDEO display with the same results, other than the bat logo was dead centre vs. my older display where it was slightly offset to the right.
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| | Adrian Bolton
Posts 18 08 Sep 2020 15:18
| To confirm the SAGA Driver is 2.4.1 and the P96 driver is V2. Best, Ady
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| | Adrian Bolton
Posts 18 08 Sep 2020 16:14
| Some progress. Have been looking at ToolTypes and the PVS Picasso file referenced a path to Picasso96Settings in DEVS. Took a look, there wasn't one. Opened the LHA on Aminet and they are there. Reinstalled P96 but with update and selected MonitorModes too. PicassoModePrefs now shows a bunch of modes. Nothing new in ScreenModes but progress.
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| | Simo Koivukoski (Apollo Team Member) Posts 601 08 Sep 2020 16:33
| First step is find a display which shows batlogo normally from the hdmi when you boot to the Early-Startup CLI. Next step would be install WB 3.1 + MUI + Picasso96 software + SAGA drivers and boot to WB with a RGB output. Then open Picasso96mode program and press a test button for the 640x480x8 screenmode. It should show up just like a batlogo from hdmi.
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| | Adrian Bolton
Posts 18 08 Sep 2020 16:42
| Thanks Simo, Just Done that and in 640x480 Test, I get 4 circles in each corner of the screen and one big circle in the middle on DIGITAL-VIDEO with the 8 colours shown in blocks and 640 x 480 x 8 written in the middle of the screen. The whole image is very slightly off centre to the right... but it's an image via DIGITAL-VIDEO! Just need to figure out how to get Workbench showing that way now - I guess I take a risk and press Save
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| | Simo Koivukoski (Apollo Team Member) Posts 601 08 Sep 2020 16:54
| Then open SYS:Prefs/Screenmode and select 640x480 8bit screenmode. Press a test button and if it shows OK, you can save it. Now you should have a WB in RTG and next time your Amiga will boot directly to the RTG.
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| | Adrian Bolton
Posts 18 08 Sep 2020 17:02
| Thanks. That's where I'm unsure. There is no 640x480 under PAL or NTSC in ScreenModes, the closest is PAL Hi Res 640 x 256. I could modify it manually to 480 but just wanted to check that's the correct thing to do?
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| | Adrian Bolton
Posts 18 08 Sep 2020 17:27
| I've got the new screen modes going. Not sure how but I put everything out of storage in Monitors (there was nothing Vampire specific but now the Vamp modes are showing, so I'll do as you've said).
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| | Simo Koivukoski (Apollo Team Member) Posts 601 08 Sep 2020 17:37
| You should install from scratch WB 3.1 + MUI + Picasso96 software + SAGA drivers into empty CF card. After that you should have: DEVS:Monitors/vampiregfx DEVS:Monitors/vampiregfx.info DEVS:Picasso96Settings LIBS:Picasso96/vampiregfx.card
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| | Adrian Bolton
Posts 18 09 Sep 2020 12:14
| Hi Simo, You've been awesome man. I now have my portable 2K 15" LED showing my Amiga in 800 x 600 32Bit It looks mind blowing ! The final issue I seem to have. Is that when I set the screenmode and save and set 800 x 600 in Picasso Tools and bind settings to Vampire, Save and reboot. It reboots in ECS and I have to go to screenmode on my old display and click USE before it returns to how I saved it and shows on my LED display. As opposed to using the saved settings and defaulting to the LED on boot up. Best, Ady.
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| | Adrian Bolton
Posts 18 09 Sep 2020 12:33
| I think I've narrowed it down to an issue when Workbench has finished booting, it says it's trying to reset windows but it can't and I have to click cancel. If I don't and try to use the new mode, it says the same thing. If I close/abort it, I can then force into the new mode. So I will focus on why that error is showing in the first place.
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| | Adrian Bolton
Posts 18 09 Sep 2020 12:40
| It's a UAE SCSI.device error that's stopping it. I'll trouble-shoot that independantly.
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| | Adrian Bolton
Posts 18 09 Sep 2020 13:23
| Nailed it, it was the Emergency Boot CD driver in DEVS:Dos Drivers, moved it to Storage and the system boots and works flawlessly. Thank you very much for all your help !!
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| | Simo Koivukoski (Apollo Team Member) Posts 601 09 Sep 2020 14:09
| Here is a tutorial if you like to use WinUAE to setup your CF-card with AmigaOS 3.9. The video is a bit old (e.g. video driver was saga.card instead of current vampiregfx.card) but the installation principle is still a same... EXTERNAL LINK
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